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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by oh_sigh on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:56PM (#38210255)
Another great thing is you can usually find someone who is up to have fun, even if you have no social connections in a place you're travelling to. I was visiting Barcelona a few years ago and emailed the misc- alias seeing if anyone wanted to visit Montserrat with me, and 5 of us went up there and had a great day together. Best part is, it is usually cool people who say "yes" - the abject nerds aren't going to respond to that kind of email.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by Gnurou on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:06PM (#38213637)
That's because the abject nerds are busy creating value for the company while the "cool people" plan their holiday during work time.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by oh_sigh on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:24PM (#38213850)
Nope, not even close to true in my experience. Almost all of the high performers I know have a huge social network they can tap into and you can't finger them as SWEs from a mile away.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by Gnurou on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:32PM (#38213934)
Do these high performers also cast their colleagues with tasteful adjectives such as "abject"? Must be a bunch of very interesting people indeed.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by oh_sigh on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:44PM (#38214044)
Maybe, I don't know. I never asked them. It does feel like I struck a nerve with you, so I apologize.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by precompute on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:19PM (#38214700)
I suppose being complicit in the largest government sponsored spying program on the planet has its perks.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by oh_sigh on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:47PM (#38224968)
yawn
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by gniv on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:03AM (#38218929)
> the abject nerds

I will also call you out on this. The word is very strongly negative, so I think it's inappropriate to use in this context.

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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by oh_sigh on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:49PM (#38224992)
Well, that's how I feel about some of my coworkers. I know it is a strong word, and I think it is appropriate. For the most part, they're not bad people, but they just have an extremely limited outlook on life(from my perspective).
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by asdfman123 on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:11AM (#38220602)
I'm afraid of this because I am an abject nerd
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